Question

discuss the bungalows reamin a symbol of British india?​

Answer 1

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Bungalows remain a symbol of Britain's commercial and military might. The labour for building the bungalows was supplied by Indian craftsmen and contractors – thus the bungalow's physical fabric remained rooted in Indian architectural traditions in spite of changes in the construction materials, technology and practices.

Answer 2

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The new concept of the bungalow arrived as an alien house form in this setting. Its roots lie in the early attempts by British military engineers in Bengal during the 18th century to transform a model of a traditional domestic structure into a standardised and permanent dwelling for the East India Company when they were still traders in the subcontinent.

The archetypal bungalow in the 19th century consisted of a low, one-storey, spacious building, having a symmetrical internal layout, with a veranda all around, situated in a large, landscaped compound. It was a counter concept to the more or less socially geared, community-oriented, collective lifestyle that was manifest in the urban (craftsman-designed) and rural dwellings of a vast number of dense and organically grown settlements of medieval India.

The bungalow thus reflected very different ways of life, gender roles, and the hierarchy of family members, visitors and servants. However, in the post-colonial time, the bungalow became absorbed into the collective psyche and built environments of the Indian society as its own, as this article attempts to narrate.